Joao Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound of the South American nation, died on Saturday, his son said. He was 88.
Joao Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound of the South American nation, died Saturday, his son said. He was 88.
A fusion of samba and jazz, bossa nova emerged in the late 1950 and gained a worldwide following in the 1960s, pioneered by Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim, who composed the iconic Girl From Ipanema that was sung Gilberto, his wife Astrud Gilberto and others. His 1964 album Getz/Gilberto with U.S. saxophonist Stan Getz sold millions of copies and popularized bossa nova. Over his career he won two Grammy awards and was nominated for six.
Born in Bahia in northeastern Brazil, he moved to Rio de Janeiro at a young age. Gilberto was influenced by U.S. jazz greats and recorded songs in the United States where he lived for much of the 1960s and 1970.Castro wrote in his book"The Wave that Built in the Sea" that Gilberto loved soccer and was a fan of the Fluminense club, whose games he liked to watch with a guitar in his hands.
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